PARIS, France — The Paris Olympics are officially in full swing and drama isn't far behind.
Along with the intense competition viewers have come to expect from the Games, Monday also included a historic volleyball rematch, a humiliating water polo loss, and an ongoing fencing investigation.
Here's everything you need to know from the Olympics' Day 3:
Basketball
Women's team dominates in their Olympic debut
In their opening performance, Team USA pulled off a well-fought win against Team Japan in their 2024 Olympics debut in Paris. Stars A'Ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart led the team in points with 24 and 22 respectively, helping Team USA defeat Japan 102-76.
The Americans now have a 56-game Olympic winning streak that dates to the 1992 Barcelona Games The last of those victories before Monday also came against Japan when the two teams played for the gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Games. The U.S. came away with a 90-75 win to cap off the quest for a seventh consecutive gold medal. Now this victory tipped off the run to keep that streak going.
Swimming
Team USA swimmer finds out his child's sex right after winning bronze
American swimmer Ryan Murphy was told by his wife Bridget Konttinen that they were having a girl on Monday night on the pool deck at the Paris Olympics, right after securing his bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.
As he circled the pool deck, there she was holding up a sign to reveal to him the sex of their baby due in January.
Canadian 17-year-old wins gold, Team USA picks up silver and bronze
Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh has claimed the first gold medal of her career with a dominating victory in the 400-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics. The Americas went 2-3 with Katie Grimes taking silver and Emma Weyant the bronze.
Fencing
Team USA Olympian picks up his 2nd bronze medal
Team USA's Nick Itkin had an emotional celebration after he won the men's individual Foil quarterfinal match against Italy's Guillaume Bianchi on Monday, a precursor to him picking up the second Olympic bronze medal of his career later that day in the finals.
Itkin, son and student of a former elite fencer from Ukraine, won a bronze medal during his first Olympics experience in Toyko in 2021 and capitalized on his success in 2024.
Women's saber losses overshadowed by ongoing investigation
All three of Team USA's women's saber fencers lost their opening bouts Monday morning, but an investigation into possible match-fixing in qualifying for the Games largely overshadowed the competition.
Tatiana Nazlymov was competing a month after she testified in a 13-hour arbitration hearing in which two other American fencers, including the team's Olympic alternate Maia Chamberlain, challenged her place on the Paris roster. Two complaints were filed in an arbitration procedure known as Section 9 ahead of the Olympics by fencers disputing whether Nazlymov and men's saber fencer Mitchell Saron should have been included on the U.S. team for Paris.
Gymnastics
Team USA makes history with bronze medal win
Japan surged past its longtime rival China to win gold in the Paris Olympics men's gymnastics competition, and the Americans earned bronze for their first medal since 2008.
It was Japan’s eighth team gold and first since Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The Japanese overtook its rivals on the final rotation, after China's Su Weide fell twice off the horizontal bar. Japan won with a small margin of 0.532 points.
Water Polo
Spain pulls humiliating revenge on Team USA
The U.S. women's water polo team allowed more goals on Monday than it has allowed in any single game over the last three Olympics, falling 13-11 to Spain. The U.S. only allowed more than 10 goals twice in the Tokyo Olympics, once in Rio 2016, and twice in London 2012. The last time they allowed 13 goals in the Olympics was in their 2012 opener, a win over Hungary.
Team USA will next face Italy (0-1) on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Rugby
Women's team makes history with first semifinal appearance
The U.S. women's rugby team advanced to the semifinals for the first time in Olympic play. The Americans beat Great Britain 17-7 with tries from Kristi Kirshe, Naya Tapper and Sammy Sullivan.
Skateboarding
Team USA picks up silver and bronze, Team Japan defends their gold
Yuto Horigome of Japan successfully defended his Olympic gold medal in Paris after a gnarly final in which he earned the highest single-trick score. Americans Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston win silver and bronze.
Beach Volleyball
Team USA rolls over France
Former NBA player Chase Budinger and his partner Miles Evans steamrolled the French team of Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, in straight sets, to win their first match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
Volleyball
2020 champions face off against 2016 gold winners
A historic rematch between Team USA and Team China was everything viewers wanted from watching the Olympics: Top-level play, edge-of-your-seat plays, and a near-massive comeback.
Team USA, who won the gold medal in the event in Tokyo, was down two sets to zero against the 2016 champion team from China. The US then efforted a near-reverse-sweep to force a fifth set, but ended up falling to China in the last set 13-15.
Rugby
Excellent U.S. women's team scores, but falls to French team
It was a promising start when Ilona Maher scored the first try against France but Seraphine Okemba scored four tries to lift France to a 31-14 win. The Americans will face Great Britain in the quarterfinals.
Shooting
South Korea clutches gold
South Korea's Ban Hyo-jin won gold in the women's 10m air rifle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, while China's Huang Yuting and Switzerland's Audrey Gogniat claimed silver and medal, respectively.